Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-11

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injured in the knees by getting M or
down. especially if the floors be wet
and slippery.
Potatoes marketed Immediately after
digging, at forty cents, will give moro
profit than if held over until spring
and sold at fifty cents.
Never set trees il. sod or among
wheat or other sowed grain. Clover is
the worst of all. The whole surface of
the ground should be clean and well
stirred.
The asparagus bed must be attended
to early Fork in plentiful supply OF
fine, well-rooted manure. SO as to allow
the rains to carry down the soluble
portions to the roots OF the plants.
As result of the wholesale destruc-
ton of birds for ornamental purposes,
reports from South Carolina state that
ravages of insects in that State last
season were greater than ever before
known.
All fowls that feather slowly are usu-
ally hardy. For instance, the Brahmas.
1t is owing to the fact that the drain on
the system occas oned by quick feath-
ering does not weaken them. Slow
feathering while growing is indicative
of hardness.
To train a flock of sheep take lamb
to the house and teach it TO come at
the call of a certain sound. and then
put ii with flock. As sheep follow
the leader, the whole flock may be
called by the obedience shown on the
part of the petted sheep.
Cows need light not only for their
own health and comfort. but because
good butter can not be made from the
milk OF cows keptin dark stables. Air,
light, cleanliness and warmth are four
essentials of COW stable where cows
are kept for profit.
Professor Forbes says that at least
seventy per cent Of the apples now de-
stroyed or injured b. the coddling
moth may be saved to rpening by one
or more spray.ngs with Paris green,
made in early spring, while the fruit is
not larger than hazelnut
An excellent mixture OF hav for all
classes of stock is one-third clover hay
with timothy and red top, which is
much better than either one alone as
the mixture is more complete in food
elements. 1t should be fed with an al
lowance of ground grain also.
The farmers of South Carolina have
concluded that they can no longer raise
rice with profit. 1t is very difficult to
obtain reliable labor for the rice fields.
During the last few years several other
cereals have come into use in the place
of rice. and the demand for it has in
creased
An apiarist Of considerable expert
ence says he is fully convinced that
bacteria or foul breed never attacks
the Larvae of the honey bee. except when
the Larvae are weakened or i'll from
some other cause, and that there is no
remedy known that will benefit a
colony of bees afflicted with this dis
ease, unless it be accompanied by good
healthy food. In fact, the food is all
that is necessary.
According to a dairy authority. but
ter needs only all the strong brine it
will absorb while in the granular stage
to give it keeping properties. When
free of buttermilk, as il may be if it is
washed out, coating of liquid salt
about each little globule. is all that can
ever be done in the way of salt adding
to the keeping of butter. Then this
brine will also fill all the minute spaces
between the globules and keep out the
air.
One of the most important values of
fertilizers is their action on quick grow
ing crops. Strawberries, for example,
must gather most of their food in very
few weeks. and in that time must have
it in superabundance in most available
form. Grass. on the other hand. takes
"a many months to perfect its growth,
and plenty Of time to gather its food,
which is about the same for one-half a
ton of timothy as for five thousand
quarts of Strawberries.
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